Annual climate summary 2023
The report discusses the climate condition over Indian region during the year 2023. Notably, global temperatures soared to exceptionally high levels during this period (WMO.No.1347). The India Meteorological
Cyclones
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Braving the cyclones
CYCLONE-PRONE areas are likely to reap the benefits of a wind tunnel devised By the structural Engineering Research Centre(SERC), a unit of the Council of Industrial Research (CSIR) based in
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The lesson from Bangladesh
When the cyclone slammed into Bangladesh on April 29 earlier this year, the anxiety in many quarters of the world was especially heightened in anticipation of huge fatalities. Exactly to the day 3
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The day the sea raged in
Bangladesh"s early warning system had already warned those vulnerable on the coastline and helped limit the usually terrible human toll to a minimum
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Dwindling tree cover dilates storm havoc
Cyclones that traverse the Indian peninsula from the Bay of Bengal to the Arabian Sea are a common enough feature. But over the past few years, the devastation they cause in Kanniyakumari district has increased because of deforestation.
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Cyclones hit Woodside output
Oil and gas producer Woodside Petroleum said first-quarter output fell 4% from a year earlier due to the impact of cyclones, maintenance of some fields and the sale of assets. Quarterly output of 17.2 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe) also fell 4% on the previous quarter.
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Power after 90 hours
The power situation limped back to normal 96 hours after Cyclone Aila roared past the city. CESC officials claimed normal supply to the entire city resumed by Friday evening.
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Time to disband populist measures (editorial)
SUBOL Mondal, a 55-year-old smalltime farmer, at Dayapur village in the Sunderban forests, West Bengal, is very particular to keep his date with the local banker every month. He is servicing a 15-year loan, at subsidised interest rates, and paying out an equated monthly instalment (EMI) of Rs 900 in the beginning of the month is not a mean job.
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High impact zone
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Phyan fires up Calcutta- hottest November 12 in a decade, illness risk hovers
Cyclone Phyan spared Mumbai when it was at its fiercest but its dying residue has made eastern India warmer and turned the region around Calcutta into a temperature hotspot that may precipitate respiratory illnesses. The minimum temperature in Calcutta today was four degrees above normal at 22.6 degrees Celsius, making it the hottest November 12 the city has experienced this decade.
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Solar units help Aila-hit Sunderbans victims stay connected
New Delhi: Though cyclone Aila has ravaged Sunderbans, it has failed to cut it off completely from the mainland. Phones and a weather warning and climate adaptation system are still functional